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Inter-state gang of vehicle thieves busted, five held
Tribune News Service

Mohali, August 29
Charges were framed in a court here today against a dismissed Mohali DSP and a Chandigarh resident in a case of corruption.

The police presented former DSP Gurbans Singh Bains and NK Goel in the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Tarsem Mangla.

The charges were framed under Sections 7, 13 (1) 88 and 13 (2) 88 of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Section 120-B of the IPC.

The counsel for Bains said his client had been falsely implicated and was a victim of a political conspiracy.

The next date of hearing was fixed as September 18.

Gurbans Singh Bains, DSP (City I), Mohali, was arrested on March 27 on the charges of corruption and was dismissed from service. He had allegedly received a “hawala” consignment of Rs 40 lakh through his wife in Ludhiana. An unlicenced foreign-made revolver was also allegedly seized from his Patiala residence.

Two cases - one at the Matour Police Station here and the other at Patiala - were registered against Bains. The police had also arrested Chandigarh-based NK Goel from whom Bain’s wife allegedly received the “hawala” consignment in Ludhiana.

A case under the Prevention of Corruption Act and Section 120-B of the IPC was registered at the Matour Police Station. Another case was registered against Bains under the Arms Act in Patiala.

Chandigarh, August 29
The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Anshuk Shukla today acquitted a person accused of raping a girl, after it was proved through messages sent by her on the WhatsApp and the Facebook that the physical relationship was consensual.

A case against Chetan Kalsi was registered in April last year on the complaint of a girl, a resident of Sector 41. The complainant stated that Chetan, who was her colleague and hailed from Kalka, raped her.

Defence counsel Harsh Bhardawaj said during cross-examination, the victim admitted that she used to invite the accused to her place. Her WhatsApp and Facebook messages were also put before the court. Following this, the court acquitted Chetan Kalsi of the charge of rape.

Chandigarh, August 29
A self-styled godman and his sister have been booked for duping a man and his wife. Noor Mohammed of Saharanpur and his sister Kurien Khatun duped Kuldeep Singh, a head clerk with the Punjab and Haryana High Court, and his wife Darshna Devi of Rs 2.50 lakh in cash, two gold rings and a cell phone on the pretext of ridding them of an evil spirit at Kajheri in Sector 52.

Khatun, a resident of Nainital, was arrested and produced in a local court. She has been remanded to two-day police custody. However, Mohammed is absconding.

The police said Kuldeep Singh was not keeping well for a long time. Due to her husband’s prolonged illness, Darshna Devi came in touch with Khatun, who resided in their locality. The police said, Mohammed first enquired about valuables and then told the couple to divide Rs 2.50 lakh in the form of garlands of Rs 25,000 each. Then they were told to donate these garlands to half a dozen deities. Subsequently, Mohammed told the couple to go to the roof of the house as he was unable to catch the evil spirit trying to possess them. As soon as the couple went upstairs, the accused fled with all the valuables.

Chandigarh, August 29
The police have arrested four persons for stealing motorcycles. At 3 am today, Kishan Kumar, a resident of Phase II, Ram Darbar, Chandigarh, reported to the police that his Bajaj Pulsar motorcycle (CH03K-7445) has been lifted from outside his residence. The message was flashed across police stations in the city.

The PCR and the Sector 31 police station acted promptly and detained three suspects, including Sagar (20), a resident of Phase I, Ram Darbar, Shubam and his namesake. On interrogation, they confessed to the crime and the stolen motorcycle was recovered. The accused have been arrested.

Meanwhile, on a tip-off, the police arrested another auto-lifter, identified as Pardeep, from near Ram Darbar and a stolen Hero Honda Passion was recovered from his possession.

Chandigarh, August 29
The UT Education Department and UT Sports Department felicitated position winners of various national championships on the occasion of the National Sports Day at Tagore Theatre here this evening.

The day marks the birth anniversary of Indian hockey player Dhyan Chand. During the ceremony, medal winners of the 59th National School Games (2013-14) and position holders at the international level competitions (2013-14) were felicitated with cash awards. Players of various sports, including archery, baseball, badminton, boxing, wrestling, cricket, fencing, gymnastics, lawn tennis and tae kwon do were awarded during the ceremony.

The special feature remained the felicitation ceremony of differently-able children of ‘SOREM’. The players were awarded cash awards for participating in the Special Olympics event held in Australia last year. KK Sharma, advisor to the administrator; Kamlesh Kumar, DPI (schools), and Sunil Bhatia, director UT Sports Department, congratulated the winners and appreciated their efforts. Coaches accompanying the winners were also awarded.

Chandigarh, August 29
In a well settled match, Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 19, register win against Government Model High School, Sector 43, during a match of the ongoing Inter-School Volleyball Championship for (U-17) Girls here today.

The winning side lost the initial set at 24-26. However, gathered momentum and won the next two at 25-20 and 30-28 to win the match (2-1). In the other matches, Government Senior Secondary School, Sector 26, defeated Government Model High School, Sector 34, by 25-11 and 25-08 (2-0) and Government High School, Sector 32, defeated Delhi Public School, Sector 40, by 25-15, 25-02 (2-0).

Results

GMSSS-33, bt Government Girls Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 20, by 27-25, 25-07 (2-0); GMSSS-27, bt Saupin’s School-32, by 25-18, 25-20 (2-0); GMSSS-16, bt GMSSS-10, by 25-19, 25-20 (2-0); Tribune Model School-29, bt AKIPS-45, by 25-18, 25-18 (2-0); GMHS, Dhanas, bt Carmel Convent School-9, by 25-17, 25-13 (2-0).

Chandigarh, August 29
Moti Ram School, Sector 27, beat Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 28, by 10-9 to win the finals of the boys (U-14) category of the ongoing Inter-School Netball Championship at KB DAV Senior Secondary Public School, Sector 7, here today.

In another match of the same category, DAV Public School, Sector 8, beat Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 20, by 11-8 to attain the third place in the same championship.

In a match of boys (U-17) category, team of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 20, beat Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 28, by 12-8 while Mount Carmel School, Sector 47, beat Moti Ram School, Sector 27, by 15-5.

In the boys (U-19) matches, Sri Guru Gobind Singh Collegiate School, Sector 26, beat Moti Ram School, Sector 27, by 11-8 and DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, beat KB DAV Senior Secondary Public School, Sector 7, by 13-07.

Chandigarh, August 29
Boxer Madhav of SD School, Sector 32, defeated Vikas of Government High School, Khuda Lahora, in the opening match of 48-kg during the 6th Pandit Mohan Lal Memorial Boxing Championship that commenced at the boxing ring of SD School, Sector 32, here today.

In the other bouts of the same category, Sahil Kant of Government Model High School, Sector 12, beat Harshdeep Thakur of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 32, while Anuj of SD Public School, Sector 32, overpowered Sahil of Government High School, Sector 11.

Results

48 kg: Madhav bt Vikas, Sahil Kant bt Harshdeep Thakur, Mohmad Fiaz bt Nikhil, Karan Singh bt Sampan Mishra, Anuj bt Sahil, Ankush bt Rohit Tariyal, Daanveer bt Arun Kumar, Jovanpreet bt Pardeep Singh, Gaurav bt Sajid, Shubham bt Ankit, Rohit Kumar bt Akshay Kumar, Ashutosh bt Ashmit Rai, Ashish bt Mool Chand, Showvinder bt Vikas Khanna, Deepak Kumar bt Ajay, Gobind Kumar bt Pawan, Vikas bt Novel, Pankaj Singh bt Yuvraj Singh, Mohmad Fiaz bt Sahil Kant, Anuj bt Karan Singh, Shiv Kant bt Umesh, Jaikaran bt Ankush, Daanveer bt Jovanpreet, Gaurav bt Shubham, Vishal bt Karan, Vipin bt Neeraj, Rajat bt Vikram, Vijay Chauhan bt Sourav Sharma, Aman bt Anil Singh, Sahil Thakur bt Hardev Singh; 52 kg: Sahil Kumar bt Vikas, Ashutosh bt Rohit Kumar; 63 kg: Sachin bt Nikhil Arora, Nikhil Arorabt Vishal, Madhav bt Vikas; 69 kg: Sehajpal bt Naveen Kumar and Atul bt Ashish.